"Asian Raptor Research and Conservation (ARRC)" was held with the participation of raptor researchers and conservationists throughout Asia, in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. The ARRC had two purposes. The first was to exchange and accumulate information and knowledge necessary for conservation of raptors and their habitats in Asia. The second was to seek a harmonious relation between raptors and people through appreciation of the value of raptors, in our ecosystems and nature. At the symposium, 'the Asian Raptor Research and Conservation Network" was established, in order to promote research and conservation of raptors in Asia.

The Peregrine Fund developed from the shared concern that the Peregrine Falcon might go extinct in the wild if nothing was done. Our initial work was to learn how to breed falcons in captivity, with the idea the young could be released in the wild to re-establish the Peregrine in the eastern United States where it was already gone and to bolster the greatly diminished western populations. Our name came from a financial account at the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology--the peregrine fund account. In 1984, we consolidated our Cornell facility and our Ft. Collins, Colorado facility to our current location in Boise, Idaho--the World Center for Birds of Prey.